SPORTS
Volleyball Roundup
Gold-Burg vs Prairie Valley
Montague County teams Prairie Valley and Gold-Burg met for the first time in district play for the 2018 season on the Bears’ court, but it was the Lady Bulldogs who came away with the three-set win by 25-16, 25-10, 25-18.
Shelby Roof led the Prairie Valley offense with 10 kills. Emily Carpenter provided 17 assists and two blocks, while Kincaid Johnson had a team-high six ace serves.
Syndi Messer and Hailey Winkler provided nine digs each for Prairie Valley. While it wasn’t the outcome the Lady Bears were hoping for, Gold-Burg Coach Cheryl Cromleigh said her team played well in spurts. The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs had a bye on Tuesday night, and will face Petrolia on the road at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Gold-Burg Lady Bears played Petrolia on Tuesday and will be on the road at Windthorst this Saturday. Game time is set for 10 a.m.
Nocona
The Nocona Lady Indians easily took the first set against Holliday on Saturday, but couldn’t keep the momentum going as they were defeated 25-15, 22-25, 16-25, 23-25. The Lady Indians also struggled to capitalize as much as they needed when Holliday’s Brea Box was on back row. Lady Indian Averee Kleinhans put down 17 kills and Ella Nunneley provided 12 kills against the Lady Eagles. Kleinhans also provided 13 digs and two ace serves, while Nunneley had two blocks.
Trystin Feoglio led her team with 17 assists and Rachel Patrick was solid with 13 assists and 12 digs. Laramie Hayes was difficult to get past at the net as she put up three blocks against the visiting team.
Nocona played Childress on the road Tuesday night and is set to play Bowie in a county rival showdown on the road Saturday. Junior varsity teams will begin at 11:30 a.m. in two gymnasiums with varsity to follow.
Forestburg
The Lindsay Lady Knights swept the Forestburg Lady Horns 25-8, 25-6, 25-5 in district play Friday afternoon on the road.
However, Forestburg Lady Horns Volleyball Coach knows the score isn’t an accurate representation of how his team performed against one of the top 2A schools in the state. Lacy Huddleston paced the Lady Horn offense with two aces and two kills and provided 10 digs. Katie Willett led the Forestburg team with two assists.
The Lady Horns played Alvord on Tuesday night and will defend their home court against Collinsville Friday.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Lady Panthers battled hard to defend their home court Friday night against Valley View, but it wasn’t quite enough as they fell in four sets by 26-24, 26-28, 21-25, 23-25. Saint Jo played Tioga on Tuesday night and will have a bye this weekend. Their next game will be on the road at Lindsay Oct. 9.
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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